unitid 194824 · Troy, NY · private nonprofit 4-year · city (small)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- enrollment 2023
- 7,628
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
63%
33rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
5,714
94th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
20%
undergrads on Pell grants
20th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
84%
finish within 150% time
90th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$82,404
93rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$36,228
after aid, aided students
91st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$102,051
after entry, Title IV students
98th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$23,750
44th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $24,078 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k15%
- 30-48knot reported
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $96,976
- First-generation students
- 14%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $64,081
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 4.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science. | 250 | $148,254 | $23,250 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 162 | $94,402 | $25,000 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering. | 117 | $98,049 | $25,000 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 100 | $127,402 | — |
| Mathematics. | 75 | $106,266 | $24,250 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | 69 | $116,079 | $24,625 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | 65 | $111,812 | $26,000 |
| Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians. | 62 | $135,609 | $23,582 |
| Chemical Engineering. | 61 | $107,062 | $25,332 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 58 | $100,765 | $26,000 |
| Architecture. | 56 | $74,873 | $31,000 |
| Civil Engineering. | 53 | $94,283 | $26,979 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.